COMPARISON OF WOMEN STATUS IN ANCIENT GREEKS AND ISLAM In addition to age, gender is one of the universal dimensions on which status differences are based. Gender is a social construction that specifies socially stereotyped roles that men and women are to follow. Women have always had lower status than men, but the extent of the gap between the sexes changes across cultures and time. In ancient Greek civilization, the role of women varies obviously …showed first 75 words of 831 total…

…showed last 75 words of 831 total…beings were only necessary to produce children. The Greek writer Euripides in his book “Meda” claims; “If only children could be got some other way without the the female sex! If women didn’t exist, human life would be rid of all its miseries”. It shows most constant view of women in ancient times. In terms of islamic perspective, There is a huge gap between women outlined in the Qur'an and the reality among Muslims.